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Gastroparesis is defined as a complex syndrome of symptoms including early satiety, post-prandial fullness, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and upper abdominal pain with a corresponding objective delay in gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction. Recent epidemiologic data has shown a
meningitis is a notifiable disease in many countries, the exact incidence rate is unknown. In 2013 meningitis resulted in 303,000 deaths - down from 464,000 deaths in 1990. In 2010 it was estimated that meningitis resulted in 420,000 deaths, excluding cryptococcal meningitis.
Bacterial meningitis
The administration of a suitable drug by intravenous route for induction of anaesthesia has been an important component of anaesthetic management.The ability to deliver safe and effective anaesthesia with minimal side effects and rapid recovery is critically important to ensure safe and early
1.0 Background
While atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, it is also associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, dementia, and death. The number of Americans affected with AF is expected to surge to nearly 16
- Vertigo describes the illusion of being subject to an involuntary movement, usually rotational, of the patient or the patient's surroundings which is caused by sudden tonic neural activity.
- The management and episodic treatment of patients with spontaneous vertigo related nausea-vomiting
Surgical conditions in laparoscopic surgery are largely determined by the depth of neuromuscular relaxation during surgery. This is especially true in procedures which are confined to a narrow working field such as retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery (eg. renal and prostatic surgery). In the
Gastroparesis is a disorder characterized by delayed gastric emptying leading to symptoms of nausea, vomiting, bloating, and abdominal pain. A common cause is diabetes but often it occurs in otherwise healthy individuals in whom the disorder is said to be idiopathic. The symptoms of gastroparesis
Ondansetron is a medication currently approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration for the treatment of drug-induced vomiting and nausea. Beyond this traditional use there have been several case reports and small clinical trials advocating the use of Ondansetron in the treatment of
Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) is a complex multisystem disorder with neurodegenerative course, immune deficiency, and tendency to develop malignancies .The clinical picture includes progressive cerebellar ataxia along with a movement disorder (chorea, dystonia or bradykinesia) that may be even more
Parkinson disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by motor symptoms. Patients are initially treated successfully with drugs (e.g. levodopa), unfortunately use is limited due to severe side effects. In the advanced stages of PD neurosurgical treatment is the next
Data collection
1. Baseline characteristics
- demographic data; age, gender, BW, height
- cirrhosis; cause, duration, Child-Pugh score,complications of cirrhosis such as EV, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, SBP etc.
- comorbidity such as DM, CVA
2. After randomization
- assessment of mental status
Aripiprazole (commercial name abilify) is the first commercially available drug with dopamine partial agonist effects approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder since 2002 in the U.S. It reduces negative symptoms of schizophrenia efficiently and has a markedly lower incidence
Specific Aims:
This study is a ten-week, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over, randomized trial of the novel antipsychotic agent, aripiprazole, added to 20 obese stable olanzapine-treated patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. The advantage of the crossover design is that
Specific Aims:
This study is a six-week, open label trial of the novel antipsychotic agent, ziprasidone, added to a stable dose of clozapine or olanzapine in 40 diabetes mellitus patients, patients with an impaired fasting glucose or insulin resistance with schizophrenia or schizoaffective
A urine pregnancy test will be performed on women of child bearing age. After informed consent is obtained, each patient will be placed in a dark private room and asked to grade nausea, pain, and sedation on a 10 cm visual analog scale, using the left end as the zero point for complaints and